I have a 2 yr Rhode Island hen. I discovered she had a prolapse 3 days ago with a scab. She also has been molting and has lost weight.
I have segregated her, giving her food/water. No pellets/crumbles, but cracked corn, sprouted lentils, some grapes and oyster shells.
She normally gets fly...
So, my newer hens came to me as pullets and they had not been in a coop or roost before. Due to that, they were laying in their poop and accumulating it on their back feathers. At first, I was bathing them but it wasn't helping. We also were trying to teach them to sleep on a roost. We are...
I'm not sure which of the hens are having diarrhea. I am keeping the coops and run clean, they get clean water - all they want with added Apple Cider Vinegar and probiotics. They are on layer crumbles. I also give them a big gallon size bag of extra food each morning for 15 hens. Usually it...
I just bought 10 new hens and after 2 weeks of keeping them separated by hardware fabric, I have integrated them. My hens (original) were raised from their first day on Earth with each other. The other 10 came from a private seller and I don't know much about them. They integrated well but...
If you research it thoroughly, you will find that Cargill, who owns Nutrena also owns Purina. I was on Nutrena for three weeks and my five birds went from giving me 5 eggs per day to only 2 or 3. But we also had a bit of a cold snap and integrated 10 more birds. So, was it the food? I don't...